In her biggest speech as a candidate, the former first lady, former senator and former secretary of state will try to convince voters that she is the woman for the current moment in American history — that she’s the one they want in the Oval Office.

If Hillary Clinton is seen as a liar, she can't promote herself or attack her opponent with credibility, writes Jonathan Allen. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Heading into the Democratic convention, and for the entirety of this campaign and her career in Washington, Hillary Clinton’s biggest problem has been that she’s perceived as dishonest.

By contrast, the public’s nagging worry about Donald Trump is that he doesn’t have the temperament for the presidency. If he tried to undo his selection of Mike Pence as his running mate, would he try to un-launch a nuclear warhead?

Men dressed up as the Spy vs Spy cartoon characters walk to John Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

The cyberattack that cost embattled Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz her job — just as her party piled into Philadelphia to formally nominate Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee — is just the latest example of foreign interests meddling in U.S. politics.

Per media reports, the FBI is investigating the dissemination of embarrassing communications by DNC aides that some maintain was perpetrated by Russian agents.

Chris Christie conducted a mock trial of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday at the podium of the Republican convention, winding up delegates into furious chants of “Lock Her Up, Lock Her Up.”

Wielding a rhetorical pitchfork, the New Jersey governor and 2016 presidential primary rival of nominee Donald Trump thundered that Clinton was guilty of monumental policy and character failures that he said disqualify her from the presidency.

Reps. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, left, and Jim Jordan of Ohio talk before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing July 7 featuring testimony by FBI Director James Comey. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Hillary Clinton’s attorney fought Monday to prevent the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee from giving sworn testimony as part of a lawsuit concerning her use of a private email system while serving as secretary of state.

The courtroom drama will linger, however, as Clinton readies for the Democratic convention next week and Republican lawmakers push for more investigations into the email system.